Serving Buffalo Grove · Est. 1930
Music Lessons in Buffalo Grove, IL
Private lessons for Buffalo Grove kids, teens, and adults at The Arlington School of Music in downtown Arlington Heights — or online from home.
Getting to us from Buffalo Grove could not be simpler: our school sits directly on Arlington Heights Road, a straight drive of about 15 minutes south from Buffalo Grove into downtown Arlington Heights.
Buffalo Grove students — including band and orchestra members at Buffalo Grove High School and Stevenson High School — study privately with us to sharpen technique, win better chair placements, and prepare for honor ensembles, competitions, and college prescreens. Younger children start with age-appropriate beginner lessons in piano, violin, and guitar.
Weekday lessons run 3:00–9:00 PM, weekends by appointment, with online lessons available for busy weeks.
Popular Lessons with Buffalo Grove Students
Piano Lessons
Piano is where most musicians begin — and at The Arlington School of Music, it is one of our largest departments. Our piano faculty is led by Scott Hendricks, a concert performer whose playing spans Chopin and Rachmaninoff to jazz standards, blues, and boogie-woogie, with festival credits including Taste of Chicago, Navy Pier, and Summerfest in Milwaukee.
Learn more →Violin Lessons
Violin students at The Arlington School of Music study with conservatory-trained performers. Faculty violinist Erin Yerin Kim is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied under Jaime Laredo and Stephen Rose. She was the youngest musician in history to join the roster of the New World Symphony — at eighteen — and has served as concertmaster of orchestras including the Honors Performance Series Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
Learn more →Guitar Lessons
The guitar department at The Arlington School of Music is led by Executive Director Nico Angel, an international concert artist who has headed the department since 1967. He teaches classical, folk, and popular guitar, and specializes in concert flamenco in the style of Sabicas and Paco de Lucía — a style he studied with grand masters of the guitar in Spain, Mexico, Canada, and South America.
Learn more →Voice Lessons
Voice lessons at The Arlington School of Music are led by Andrew Gilstrap, Head of Vocal Studies. Instruction centers on healthy, sustainable vocal technique — breath support, resonance, diction, and range development — applied to the styles each singer loves, from classical and musical theater to pop and jazz.
Learn more →Clarinet Lessons
Clarinet lessons at The Arlington School of Music are taught by Kristin Gorski, Head of our Woodwind & Brass Department. Students build a strong foundation — embouchure, voicing, air support, finger technique, and crossing the break cleanly — the skills that separate frustrated beginners from confident players.
Learn more →Visit Us from Buffalo Grove
The Arlington School of Music · 320 S Arlington Heights Rd, Arlington Heights, IL 60005 · Lessons Monday–Friday 3:00–9:00 PM, weekends by appointment. Online lessons available.